Yes it is, hope they get it out soon, it’s in the big bear and hanging lake area.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Is that the hiway from Utah to Colorado Springs and east?
Yeah wonder what cause it
Well, my simple plumbing project turned out to be a bust...
Simple seal change to stop the dripping in the shower... Sure....
I tried to replace the seals yesterday and can't find the seals anywhere... So one of the plumbing supply shops around here sent me to the "expert" plumbing supply shop to find it...
The seals were obsolete and they sold me a new 'cartridge' assembly that is supposed to replace the old stuff... (This is the original fixture from when my grandfather had this house built back between 1960 - 1962...) So I buy the new and improved cartridge assembly... They show me that there is still a seal left in there and I have to use a special tool supplied in the kit to remove it... I tried, but didn't want to turn it too hard and break it, so I threw in the towel and called a plumber...
The earliest I could get a plumber was for this morning... Those bad storms that blew through last night made it hard to get a service call, plus most of the plumbers were busy by the time I called yesterday... Meanwhile I have to keep the main water supply in the house shut off because there are no shut-off valves for the shower... So I have no water in the house until the shower is fixed... (Bad position to be in...)
The plumbers come out and the special tool breaks trying to remove the remaining seal... ****!!!!
Now they have to break into the wall and install a whole new fixture.... F*CK!!!!
I guess it all works out because the plumbers found that the check valves for the shower fixture were corroded and covered with calcium and frozen in position... (That could be the cause of the back pressure problem that the plumber had 6 weeks ago when he replaced the water heater...) So the seal/cartridge change that I was going to do would not have fixed all of the problems that I was trying to solve...
So now they are replacing the whole fixture and had to break into the wall... Luckily they didn't have to make too big of a hole in the shower wall and have a large oval cover plate that will cover the hole...
But now I'm in over 1k for the repair....
I can't return the cartridge assembly that I paid over $300 for because we broke the tool that came in it, plus the plumbing supply store had signs that they were not doing returns... They won't let you in the building, you have to wait in a line outside and they have two tables where their employees serve you outside... You tell them what you need, show them your parts, then they go in the store and bring them out to you on the side walk...
But, the shower and water should be properly fixed and work correctly... Now I should not have to wait over 2 minutes to get hot water in the back bathroom, it should take more like 30 seconds.....
Simple seal change to stop the dripping in the shower... Sure....
I tried to replace the seals yesterday and can't find the seals anywhere... So one of the plumbing supply shops around here sent me to the "expert" plumbing supply shop to find it...
The seals were obsolete and they sold me a new 'cartridge' assembly that is supposed to replace the old stuff... (This is the original fixture from when my grandfather had this house built back between 1960 - 1962...) So I buy the new and improved cartridge assembly... They show me that there is still a seal left in there and I have to use a special tool supplied in the kit to remove it... I tried, but didn't want to turn it too hard and break it, so I threw in the towel and called a plumber...
The earliest I could get a plumber was for this morning... Those bad storms that blew through last night made it hard to get a service call, plus most of the plumbers were busy by the time I called yesterday... Meanwhile I have to keep the main water supply in the house shut off because there are no shut-off valves for the shower... So I have no water in the house until the shower is fixed... (Bad position to be in...)
The plumbers come out and the special tool breaks trying to remove the remaining seal... ****!!!!
Now they have to break into the wall and install a whole new fixture.... F*CK!!!!
I guess it all works out because the plumbers found that the check valves for the shower fixture were corroded and covered with calcium and frozen in position... (That could be the cause of the back pressure problem that the plumber had 6 weeks ago when he replaced the water heater...) So the seal/cartridge change that I was going to do would not have fixed all of the problems that I was trying to solve...
So now they are replacing the whole fixture and had to break into the wall... Luckily they didn't have to make too big of a hole in the shower wall and have a large oval cover plate that will cover the hole...
But now I'm in over 1k for the repair....
I can't return the cartridge assembly that I paid over $300 for because we broke the tool that came in it, plus the plumbing supply store had signs that they were not doing returns... They won't let you in the building, you have to wait in a line outside and they have two tables where their employees serve you outside... You tell them what you need, show them your parts, then they go in the store and bring them out to you on the side walk...
But, the shower and water should be properly fixed and work correctly... Now I should not have to wait over 2 minutes to get hot water in the back bathroom, it should take more like 30 seconds.....
It also passes through central Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio... That's the highway I take to Mopar Nats in Columbus...
I hope the rest of my week doesn't go this way, or I'm gonna stay in bed until next week... 
Or hang out in my cushion fort....
Or hang out in my cushion fort....
Thanks, but already got one
Good Morning
Other than mainly ignition parts, I'm getting rid of a lot of 'spare' stuff
Made a coffee. Then promptly forgot about it. Went and started cutting grass. Had to check messages and return calls, thats when i remembered my cold coffee.
**it happens...
Yummy. First one from the garden.
Murphy's Law........Well, my simple plumbing project turned out to be a bust...
Simple seal change to stop the dripping in the shower... Sure....
I tried to replace the seals yesterday and can't find the seals anywhere... So one of the plumbing supply shops around here sent me to the "expert" plumbing supply shop to find it...
The seals were obsolete and they sold me a new 'cartridge' assembly that is supposed to replace the old stuff... (This is the original fixture from when my grandfather had this house built back between 1960 - 1962...) So I buy the new and improved cartridge assembly... They show me that there is still a seal left in there and I have to use a special tool supplied in the kit to remove it... I tried, but didn't want to turn it too hard and break it, so I threw in the towel and called a plumber...
The earliest I could get a plumber was for this morning... Those bad storms that blew through last night made it hard to get a service call, plus most of the plumbers were busy by the time I called yesterday... Meanwhile I have to keep the main water supply in the house shut off because there are no shut-off valves for the shower... So I have no water in the house until the shower is fixed... (Bad position to be in...)
The plumbers come out and the special tool breaks trying to remove the remaining seal... ****!!!!
Now they have to break into the wall and install a whole new fixture.... F*CK!!!!
I guess it all works out because the plumbers found that the check valves for the shower fixture were corroded and covered with calcium and frozen in position... (That could be the cause of the back pressure problem that the plumber had 6 weeks ago when he replaced the water heater...) So the seal/cartridge change that I was going to do would not have fixed all of the problems that I was trying to solve...
So now they are replacing the whole fixture and had to break into the wall... Luckily they didn't have to make too big of a hole in the shower wall and have a large oval cover plate that will cover the hole...
But now I'm in over 1k for the repair....
I can't return the cartridge assembly that I paid over $300 for because we broke the tool that came in it, plus the plumbing supply store had signs that they were not doing returns... They won't let you in the building, you have to wait in a line outside and they have two tables where their employees serve you outside... You tell them what you need, show them your parts, then they go in the store and bring them out to you on the side walk...
But, the shower and water should be properly fixed and work correctly... Now I should not have to wait over 2 minutes to get hot water in the back bathroom, it should take more like 30 seconds.....
That sucks. $1K for a drippy faucet....Well, my simple plumbing project turned out to be a bust...
Simple seal change to stop the dripping in the shower... Sure....
I tried to replace the seals yesterday and can't find the seals anywhere... So one of the plumbing supply shops around here sent me to the "expert" plumbing supply shop to find it...
The seals were obsolete and they sold me a new 'cartridge' assembly that is supposed to replace the old stuff... (This is the original fixture from when my grandfather had this house built back between 1960 - 1962...) So I buy the new and improved cartridge assembly... They show me that there is still a seal left in there and I have to use a special tool supplied in the kit to remove it... I tried, but didn't want to turn it too hard and break it, so I threw in the towel and called a plumber...
The earliest I could get a plumber was for this morning... Those bad storms that blew through last night made it hard to get a service call, plus most of the plumbers were busy by the time I called yesterday... Meanwhile I have to keep the main water supply in the house shut off because there are no shut-off valves for the shower... So I have no water in the house until the shower is fixed... (Bad position to be in...)
The plumbers come out and the special tool breaks trying to remove the remaining seal... ****!!!!
Now they have to break into the wall and install a whole new fixture.... F*CK!!!!
I guess it all works out because the plumbers found that the check valves for the shower fixture were corroded and covered with calcium and frozen in position... (That could be the cause of the back pressure problem that the plumber had 6 weeks ago when he replaced the water heater...) So the seal/cartridge change that I was going to do would not have fixed all of the problems that I was trying to solve...
So now they are replacing the whole fixture and had to break into the wall... Luckily they didn't have to make too big of a hole in the shower wall and have a large oval cover plate that will cover the hole...
But now I'm in over 1k for the repair....
I can't return the cartridge assembly that I paid over $300 for because we broke the tool that came in it, plus the plumbing supply store had signs that they were not doing returns... They won't let you in the building, you have to wait in a line outside and they have two tables where their employees serve you outside... You tell them what you need, show them your parts, then they go in the store and bring them out to you on the side walk...
But, the shower and water should be properly fixed and work correctly... Now I should not have to wait over 2 minutes to get hot water in the back bathroom, it should take more like 30 seconds.....
Did you add a shutoff valve? I would have done that while waiting for plumber... But other than heater maintenance service, I only recall a plumber here once in 27 years. Had a prob with the water to heater while I was at work and told wife to call one. Glad he got it done, but replaced some copper with PVC. No other PVC water lines in my house...
Sell the cartridge on ebay
I 70 from Grand Junction to Denver through the mountains. Its called the million dollar highway.
Unconventional
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@71GSSDemon well, dad just got an email back from Knob Creek, fall shoot is cancelled too
That sucks. $1K for a drippy faucet....
Did you add a shutoff valve? I would have done that while waiting for plumber... But other than heater maintenance service, I only recall a plumber here once in 27 years. Had a prob with the water to heater while I was at work and told wife to call one. Glad he got it done, but replaced some copper with PVC. No other PVC water lines in my house...
Sell the cartridge on ebay
No, I didn't add a shut off valve... I thought I could just replace the cartridge until the plumber came and tried to get the last seal out and broke the tool and the seal, and the seal was still stuck in the housing... Then we had to break into the wall and install a whole new fixture...
No, we didn't put shut off valves in... They would have to make a larger hole (That's what she said...
)... Plus the old check valves were so calcium deposited, they were stuck... If we put shut off valves in, they would just freeze up in time like the check valves did with the lack of use for so long...
My ex wife and her dad do that all the time... Warm up their cup of coffee in the microwave and forget about it...
Well that sucks....but everyone should be chomping at the bit come April if is isn't cancelled. Can start loading mags and belts for another 6 months now.
What are your guys' favorite coffee flavors from Steve???
My ex should be getting home soon from quarantine and I'm thinking of sending her a welcome home pack for her efforts overseas....
My ex should be getting home soon from quarantine and I'm thinking of sending her a welcome home pack for her efforts overseas....
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